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highlighted exhibition
Enlightened Beings: Buddhism in Chinese Painting
Through February 24, 2013
Freer
Buddhism arrived in China during the first century CE and quickly grew in popularity, exerting a profound impact on all aspects of Chinese art and culture. Enlightenment is the cornerstone of Buddhist thought and practice. Accordingly, the exhibition focuses on four main categories of enlightened being: the Buddha himself; bodhisattvas, devoted to the salvation of all sentient beings; luohan, who protect the dharma, or teachings of the Buddha; and eccentric Chan (Zen) monks and lineage masters. Fourteen of the 27 works on display date to the Song, Yuan, and early Ming dynasties (1000-1400 CE), and the remainder are from the 15th to 19th century during the later Ming and Qing.
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films
festival
13th Annual DC Asian Pacific American (DC APA) Film Festival
This popular festival returns to theaters throughout the DC area from October 4 to 14 and features the best of APA short and feature-length films. Visit apafilm.org for details.
Friday, October 5, 7 pm
This blend of documentary, dance, and dreamlike fantasy centers on a universal irony: The heart longs most for home, the one place to which it can never fully return. (Dir.: David Rousseve, Indonesia/United States, 2011, 16 min., video)
Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful
Friday, October 5, 7 pm
In the face of thousands of years of tradition, Keiko Fukuda became the highest-ranking woman in judo. This documentary recounts Fukuda's lifelong journey to overcome adversity and become a living legend. View the trailer. (Dir.: Yuriko Gamo Romer, United States, 2012, 66 min., English and Japanese with English subtitles, video)
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programs | events
points of view
Golden Deer and Ice-Kurgans: Rediscovering the Ancient Arts of Kazakhstan
Tuesday, October 2, 12:15 pm
Sackler sublevel 1
Join Alex Nagel, curator of Nomads and Networks, as he introduces the rich art and archaeology of ancient Kazakhstan in the first millennium BCE. Learn more about the spectacular finds of gold and horse burials from Kazakhstan now on display.
imaginasia
Dazzling Warriors and War Horses
Saturdays, October 6, 13, 20, and 27;
Sundays, October 7, 14, 21, and 28; 2 pm
Sackler sublevel 2
Tour Nomads and Networks to meet Kazakh warriors and horses decorated with gold plaques. On Saturdays, participants return to the classroom to create their own gold plaques to attach to red felt headbands. On Sundays, participants sculpt plaques of real or imagined animals to wear as protection.
concert and demonstrations
Bardic Divas: Women's Songs from Kazakhstan
Presented in conjunction with Nomads and Networks and made possible with support from the Embassy of Kazakhstan and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Concert: Saturday, October 6, 7:30 pm, Freer, Meyer Auditorium*
Experience the vibrant music of Kazakhstan's nomadic culture, performed by women who specialize in heroic epics, shamanic ritual music, and lyrical songs of celebration.
Demonstrations: Thursday, October 4, and Friday, October 5, 1 pm; Sunday, October 7, 2 pm, Sackler sublevel 1
In these informal lunchtime programs, three women from Kazakhstan demonstrate and discuss the traditional music that has animated Kazakh culture for centuries.
performance
Shanghai Quartet*
Thursday, October 11, 7:30 pm
Meyer Auditorium
The globetrotting Shanghai Quartet performs Schubert's Quartetsatz; Bartók's Quartet no. 4; Beethoven's Quartet op. 132; and new arrangements of Chinese folksongs by Yi-Wen Jiang.
Pre-concert activity: Unearthing Chinese Art, 6:15-7:15 pm, Freer, outside galleries 18 and 19. Visit our interactive cart to explore examples of natural and carved jade and the tools used to shape them. Learn how bronzes were made by assembling the parts of a bronze mold. Discover designs hidden in the works on view in the ancient Chinese art galleries.
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book
now on sale online
Free shipping for F|S e-newsletter subscribers
Whistler's Peacock Room is one of the Freer Gallery's most beloved exhibits. The Peacock Room Comes to America details the amazing history behind this treasure, including Freer's acquisition of the Peacock Room and how he filled it with ceramics from China, Korea, Syria, and Iran, and incorporated into his Detroit home. Author Lee Glazer, associate curator of American art, explores the conservation and restoration of Whistler's masterpiece. The fascinating book includes 79 color and black-and-white photographs.
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ADMISSION INFORMATION
FILMS
Seating for films is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Auditorium doors will open approximately 30 minutes before each show. Film tickets are not available through Ticketmaster.
Meyer Auditorium seating chart
PERFORMANCES
Programs marked with * require free tickets. Up to four tickets can be reserved (with service fee) beginning two Mondays before the event through Ticketmaster at 800.551.7328 or ticketmaster.com. Unreserved and no-show tickets (two per person; no service fee) are distributed at the Meyer Auditorium beginning one hour before showtime. asia.si.edu/events/admissioninfo.asp
Friends
Members of the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries may reserve a limited number of free tickets to designated public programs by contacting Jen Ryan, Membership Coordinator, in the Friends Office. Email: ryanj@si.edu
Image credits (top to bottom): Detail, F1914.147a. Still from Two Seconds after Laughter. Still from Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful. Plaque of Facing Elk-Griffin Heads, Horn (Siberian Red Deer), Berel, Kurgan 37, late 4th-early 3rd C. BCE, H x W x D: 6.4 x 5.3 x .6 cm, A. Kh. Margulan Institute of Archaeology; Almaty: B36-21, Photo: by Y. Cherkashin, © A. Kh. Margulan Institute of Archaeology, Almaty. Image of ImaginAsia Dazzling Warriors and War Horses workshop. Image of the Bardic Divas, courtesy of the artists. Image of the Shanghai Quartet, courtesy of the artists.
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